The year of the devil
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The year of the devil |
| Original title | Rok ďábla |
| Country of production | Czech Republic |
| original language | Czech |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Petr Zelenka |
| script | Petr Zelenka |
| production | Cestmír Kopecky |
| music |
Karel Holas Jaromír Nohavica |
| camera | Miro Gábor |
| cut | David Charap |
| occupation | |
The Year of the Devil is a Czech fictional documentary about the life of the singer-songwriter Jaromír Nohavica .
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A Dutch filmmaker is making a documentary about a sanatorium for alcoholics in the Czech Republic . In this sanatorium he met the Czech songwriter Jaromír Nohavica, without knowing that this man is a legend in the Czech Republic. The poet, musician and friend of Nohavica's Karel Plíhal is not an alcoholic, but he likes the seclusion and security of the sanatorium so much that he decides to stay there. Since this is not possible for a non-drinker, he develops other phobias - up to and including complete silence. Plíhal would like his friend Nohavica to perform with the wedding and funeral folk group Čechomor . Nohavica tries to get in touch with the band members who also have an offer from Jaz Coleman ( Killing Joke ) to perform with the Philharmonic. However, the band opts for the legend Nohavica. The film accompanies the band from performance to performance for a year and thus approaches Nohavica and shows the rise of a completely unknown folk band to national heroes. At the same time he deals with the demons of alcohol and the myths of demystified everyday life.
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The film is one of the most popular films in the Czech Republic in recent years. After its cinema premiere on March 7, 2002, it reached 100,000 viewers in the Czech Republic within 8 weeks. In the summer of the same year it won the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and was subsequently shown at numerous international film festivals.
Awards
In addition to the victory in Karlovy Vary , the film won six Bohemian Lions in 2003 , including in the category Best Film of the Year. It had its German premiere at the Cottbus Film Festival on November 2, 2002 and received the FIPRESCI Prize and the Findlings Prize at this festival .
Web links
- Year of the Devil in the Internet Movie Database (English)